Psych 290 Final Review questions with answers

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What is psychologist Wilhelm Wundt most known for - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The establishment of the first formal laboratory for
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research in psychology.
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What is G. Stanley Hall known for - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He
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established the American Psychological Association and was its
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first president
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Which of the following approaches to psychology can be
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compared to examining a movie frame rather than viewing it as
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a moving image? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Structuralism
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A tennis coach insists that he can make any reasonably healthy
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person into a super competitive tennis player. The coach's
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perspective echoes the statements of which of the following
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psychologists? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔John B. Watson
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A young man forgets to pick up his mother at the airport. What
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psychological approach would suggest his forgetfulness is an
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unconscious way of saying he does not want to welcome her
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visit? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Psychoanalytic
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Which of the following statements is one that Skinner's followers
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would agree with?
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,a: Most behaviour is controlled by unconscious desires and
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conflicts
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b: The goal of behaviour is self-actualization
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c: Nature is more influential than nurture
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d: Free will is an illusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Free will is an
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illusion
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What psychological view holds the most optimistic view of human
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nature? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Humanism
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Which of the following historical events created a demand for
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clinicians that was far greater than the supply?
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a: WW1
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b: the Great Depression
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c: WW2
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d: The Korean War - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c: WW2
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Which of the following psychologists would most likely undertake
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the study of the endocrine system and genetic mechanisms?
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a: a clinical psychologist
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b: a physiological psychologist
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c: a social psychologist
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d: an educational psychologist - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b: a
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physiological psychologist
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,Which of the following pairs holds similar views?
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a: psychoanalysis and humanism
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b: behaviourism and cognitive psychology
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c: structuralism and positive psychology
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d: functionalism and evolutionary psychology - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔d: functionalism and evolutionary psych
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Which of the following statements best fits the theoretical
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perspective of positive psychology?
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a: Humans have a great capacity for achievement and happiness.
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Research in psychology can helps understand and reach those
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positive states
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b: The only way to understand a healthy, functioning human is to
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study humans who have serious disorders. Knowing what can go
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wrong allows us to define what is right.
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c: Research results are valuable only valuable if they
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demonstrate statistically significant findings. Positive results are
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the only ones worth publishing.
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d: Psych should be a progressive discipline, moving forward and
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"getting in with the times". New trends and technologies will be
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necessary to fully understand human thinking and neuroanatomy
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a:Humans have a great capacity for
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achievement and happiness. Research in psychology can helps
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understand and reach those positive states
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, If you wanted to become a psychiatrist, what degree would be
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required - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔M.D.
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When students change answers on multiple choice tests, what
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type of change is most common? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔changing wrong answers to right ones.
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What describes the development of critical thinking skills? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They need to be deliberately taught
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because often they do not develop without explicit practice and
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demonstration
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What area of psychology did the well known Canadian
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psychologist Donald Hebb conduct research in? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Neuropsychology.
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What is the term for a tentative prediction about the relationship
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between two variables? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hypothesis
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What did Wilhelm Wundt argue psychology should be? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The scientific study of the conscious
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What do structuralists believe about psychology? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Psychology should use introspection to analyze
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consciousness into its basic elements
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